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> How can you run Gmail on an interface that’s tangibly worse than anything else out there? Like what? > How can you let Google Docs get completely obsoleted
by crispyambulance 6y ago
> How can you run Gmail on an interface that’s tangibly worse than anything else out there?
Like what?
> How can you let Google Docs get completely obsoleted by startups?
What startups?
It's perfectly fine to critique Google UI/UX as "horrible", but if one going to do that, there needs to some examples of UI/UX which are excellent for those kinds of applications.
So, who does noteworthy UI/UX ?
- ocdtrekkie 6y agoIt's not free, but basically, after you use Fastmail to browse email, Gmail feels geriatric and broken. A loading bar to pull up your email account? Pages of emails? What on earth? Gmail feels today like the web mail on my cPanel hosting felt like when I switched to Gmail.
- crispyambulance 6y agoThanks, did not know about Fastmail, admittedly, I've not looked around for a long time. I've been using gmail since the early days. Gmail has been "fine" for my needs, but now that I think about it, the filter and label dialogs have always been a pain in the ass. They've been more or less the same since the beginning, one would think that Google would freshen this stuff up-- but no. Moreover, gmail has become more aggressive about "categorizing" stuff on my behalf. Will check it out. I think a key thing for me will be stability and the ability to transition my shit to another provider if needed.
- ocdtrekkie 6y agoBiggest thing you need to do if you want to be able to transition in the future: Get your own domain and point it at your mail provider. Then you don't have to change your address when you change providers.